Wednesday #sgroundup: Malaysian MPs, lorry group disturbed over Singapore’s entry fees

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Malaysian MPs, lorry group disturbed over Singapore's entry fee hikes

The Pan-Malaysia Lorry Owners' Association said lorry operators would suffer the most as they had to bear the cost …

The drastic increase in the entry permit fees for cars and goods vehicles by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has caused an outcry among Malaysians.

Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong said the increase would greatly impact Malaysians who travel to and work in Singapore saying the poor public transport system did not help matters because people would rather drive their own vehicles than use public transport for short distances.

The Pan-Malaysia Lorry Owners' Association also said lorry operators would suffer the most as they had to bear the cost of increase directly.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mps-lorry-group-disturbed-over-singapore-entry-fees-224400943.html

Pinewood Studios boost Malaysian investment zone

The main building of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Nusajaya, Malaysia, June 26, 2014

The movie production company responsible for the James Bond and Harry Potter films has opened a US$170 million complex in Malaysia's Iskandar investment zone.

The 20-hectare facility is the studio's first in Asia and marks its expansion East in search of lower production costs.

Government officials predict the complex, a licensee of Pinewood and owned by Malaysia's sovereign wealth firm Khazanah Nasional, will contribute around $560 million to the country's economy over the next eight years and 1,700 jobs annually.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pinewood-studios-boost-malaysian-investment-zone-041234707.html

Police arrest 500 after huge Hong Kong protest

Protesters are taken away by police officers after hundreds of protesters staged a peaceful sit-ins overnight on …

Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader.

The arrests came at the end of a largely peaceful rally on Tuesday that protest leaders said brought the biggest crowds onto the streets since the city was handed over from Britain to China in 1997.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/police-arrest-500-huge-hong-kong-protest-034024934.html

France's Sarkozy faces corruption probe in blow to comeback hopes

FILE - This Monday, March 10, 2014, file photo shows former French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Foundation …

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on Wednesday on suspicions he tried to use his influence to thwart an investigation of his 2007 election campaign, the prosecutor's office said.

The step, which often but not always leads to trial, is a major setback to Sarkozy's hopes of a comeback after his 2012 defeat by Socialist rival Francois Hollande.

The conservative politician denies all wrongdoing in a string of investigations in which he is either directly or indirectly implicated.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/french-court-places-ex-president-sarkozy-under-formal-014036964--finance.html

US Navy gets its first four-star female admiral

In a Photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Adm. Michelle Howard, right, smiles as Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and …

The US Navy has promoted a woman to the rank of a four-star admiral for the first time in its 238-year history, a milestone for females in the American military.

In a ceremony on Tuesday, Michelle Howard was promoted to vice chief of naval operations, the number two job in the service, after having already shattered barriers in previous posts in the navy.

Howard, 54, is known for commanding a counter-piracy task force in the Gulf of Aden that oversaw the 2009 rescue of a commercial cargo ship skipper, Captain Richard Phillips, who was abducted by Somali pirates.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-navy-gets-first-four-star-female-admiral-034822104.html

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